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In anticipation of the underground Dwarf campaign coming in a few
months to the pages of Black Gobbo, we have decided to help
all interested players prepare for this set of scenarios well in
advance. While all the details of this online mini-campaign have
not been ironed out, the plot revolves around a hearty group of
Dwarfs journeying into the Undgrin Anrok, the shattered underground
system of highways that once linked the Dwarfen holds.
An expedition to a fallen hold is no simple matter and should not
be undertaken with just any rag-tag band of Dwarfs. No, you need
experience when venturing into these dark, foe-infested tunnels.
Only Ironbreakers and Miners
have the underground fighting expertise to make up the core of your
Underway force, and as such, we present step-by-step painting instructions
and tactics for both these Dwarf troop types.
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Codex Grey
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Fortress
Grey
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Skull
White
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Scorched
Brown
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Bestial
Brown
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Snakebite
Leather
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Tin
Bitz
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Chainmail
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Mithril
Silver
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Burnished
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Ink
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Dark Angels
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Once you've removed
all the flash and glued the model to the base, use white glue
to add fine or medium stones. Leaving a few blank spots on the
base will make it look like the rubble-strewn floor of a fallen
hold. Once the model is undercoated black, get busy with either
Boltgun Metal or Chainmail (my choice here). As the Ironbreaker
is 80% armour, apply a heavy drybrush (some refer to as a wetbrush)
to the entire model. The beard, hair, and base will get covered,
but we can worry about that later. Working with four or five
models at a time will give the paint time to dry and get the
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Mix up a batch of 1/3
Brown Ink, 1/3 Black Ink, and 1/3 water and apply it to the
entire model. This wash will fill the crevices and give the
model depth. Note: if in a hurry, this step can be omitted.
Next, paint the weapon handle, the knife on side, the beard,
and hair Scorched Brown. At this stage, fully paint the base.
Dwarfs are very stunty, and a quick drybrush later will likely
cover the feet and lower body with unwanted paint. For the dungeon
feel, drybrush the base heartily with Codex Grey, followed by
a standard drybrush of Fortress Grey, and then a very light
brushing of Skull White. Touch up the feet with a re-application
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Use Bestial Brown to paint the weapon shafts.
If wood grain is visible, carefully drybrush this area and
you'll find that the grain picks up the paint rather nicely.
Carefully drybrush the hair and beard with this colour as well.
At this stage, cover the runes, eyebrows, mouth guard, chest
decoration, and studs (optional) with either Chaos Black or
Tin Bitz (my choice). This step will allow the Gold paints
to show up better after the next few steps.
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Time for a little finesse. Lightly drybrush
the hair, beard, knife sheath, and weapon shaft with a light
brown; Snakebite Leather will do the trick. Next, apply Mithril
Silver to all the high spots on the armour and the weapon.
Try to avoid coating the studs, runes, and chest decoration
that you just coated with Tin Bitz. Carefully paint the runes,
chest decoration, studs, eyebrows, and mouth guard with Shining
Gold. If you were sloppy and covered some of the studs with
Mithril Silver, mix up a small batch of the ink mix, apply
a very small drop to each stud and apply the metals once the
ink dries. If strapped for time, just leave all the studs
silver.
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All features coated
with Shining Gold in the last step should be evaluated for an
application of Burnished Gold. Again, if the model already looks
good to you, forgo this added detail. Some weapons have gems
and a few Ironbreaker models have jewelry in their beards. These
details and others can be addressed at this time. No Ironbreaker
is complete without a shield, which is the only real place where
your army colours can be represented. My Dwarf army has a green
colour scheme so I gave the interior of the shield a Dark Angels
Green coat and then did a Shining Gold/Burnished Gold combo
on the embossed axe design, but the shield design is up to you.
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Now that you've begun painting your Ironbreakers, why not check
out this Ironbreaker
tactics article. If you're a grizzled Warhammer veteran and
don't need advice, why not expand your expeditionary force with
some Miners.
Painting
Ironbreakers | Ironbreaker
Tactics | Painting
Miners | Miner
Tactics
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